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- 10391: Trigonometry
- ... This question can never be answered, but evidence that societies used the theorem before the time of Pythagoras can be found. The Theorem is useful in everyday life. For example, at a certain time of day, the sun's rays cast a three foot shadow off a four foot flag pole. Knowing these two lengths, and the fact that the pole forms a ninety degree angle with the ground, the distance ...
- 10392: Fractal Geometry
- ... Ivars Peterson, Science News, Novermber 23, 1991, p. 771 "From Surface Scum to fractal swirls", Ivars Peterson, Science News, January 23, 1993, p. 53 "A better way to compress images", M.F. Barnsley and A.D. Sloan, Byte, January 1988, p. 215-223. Books: McGuire, Michael. An Eye for Fractals. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Mass., 1991. World Wide Web Sites: http://millbrook.lib.rmit.edu.au/fractals/exploring.html http ...
- 10393: Melting Pot Theory
- ... for buildings only found in China . In Ohio, one could meet a Caucasian farmer, a African American businessman, an Amish family or even a reporter who has a strong German background all in the same day. So many different people living together in one piece of land. Now, after taking a closer look, no one really melted together to make just one kind of person. But what did they do? One ...
- 10394: Uniforms In School
- ... they are a part of the same one team. The theory of uniforms in school systems is a great idea. It will relieve the students of the stress on what to wear to school every day, "break the ice" for a new student, and build a sense of unity for the school. These reasons clearly indicate the need for uniforms in our school systems.
- 10395: Students Rights in the Public School System
- ... report on students rights in the public school system. Lisa Rowe, then sixteen a student at Teaneck High School, in New Jersey, thought she was doing a good dead when she returned a purse she'd found in her English class. When she took the purse to the office instead of being rewarded she was told to step into the principals office and asked to pull up her sweater and pull ...
- 10396: Personal Writing: The College Experience
- ... and making new friends. I think I made the right choice by going to college. First off, with a degree I am almost guaranteed an excellent job once I get done with college, so I'd be ahead if I went to college just for that. But there are so many other aspects of college, such as making new friends, being in a totally new environment, and living independently, that will ...
- 10397: Colt Revolver: Inspiration from a Ship’s Wheel
- ... would be most willing to trust my reputaion and my life.” From this time forward Sam Colt became a successful gun designer and founded his own comany. He is a household name to even this day.
- 10398: College Costs
- ... the Financial Aid Office at RIT and set up an interview. While waiting for the date of my appointment I compiled a list of questions I would ask the Financial Aid Officer(FAO). When the day of the interview was at hand I was prepared. The FAO's at RIT are assigned to students alphabetically. My FAO is Rachel Schuman and she was genuinely surprised that I had a prepared list ...
- 10399: Child Labor
- ... children in order to get a loan from corrupt employers. The child is treated like a slave; he has no say in the matter and can be forced to work up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week (Barry 1). The conditions of these children are of great public concern. U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and other notable politicians attempt to end the suf-fering of these ...
- 10400: The Need for Federal Government Involvement in Education Reform
- ... will change the focus of schools from the content to the student. Three facts drive this new approach to creating school curricula: * Fact 1: All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day or in the same way. * Fact 2: Each success by a student breeds more success. * Fact 3: Schools control the conditions of success. In other words, students are seen as totally malleable creatures. If we ...
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